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Diddy — a.k.a. Sean Combs — has been accused of rape and more than a decade of repeated physical abuse in a lawsuit filed by Cassie. According to The New York Times, the R&B singer — real name Casandra Ventura — alleged that her former partner of 11 years engaged in a number of controlling and abusive behaviors throughout their relationship, including physical beatings, sexual abuse, and sexual battery.

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has been accused of blowing up Kid Cudi’s car in a new lawsuit filed by the hip-hop icon and mogul’s former partner Cassie.In a lawsuit filed on Thursday (November 16), per a report from the New York Times, Cassie – real name Cassandra Ventura – alleged that Combs had raped her and subjected her to countless acts of sexual, physical, emotional and mental abuse, some of which include her allegedly being forced to have sex with male prostitutes while Combs filmed the acts.Elsewhere in the lawsuit, Combs is accused of physical violence against Ventura, who began dating the rapper between 2007 and 2018. Alleged acts of violence displayed by Combs include kicking her in the face repeatedly when he witnessed her talking to a talent agent and beating her up “multiple times each year.”During their rocky relationship, Cassandra Ventura would date rapper Kid Cudi for a brief stint in 2012, which reportedly angered Combs.

Warning: This article contains details and accusations of sexual and physical abuseHip-hop icon and mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has been accused of rape and physical abuse in a new lawsuit filed by R&B singer Cassie.Cassie – real name Cassandra Ventura – filed the lawsuit in federal court on Thursday (November 16), according to a report from the New York Times. Ventura said in a statement: “After years in silence and darkness, I am finally ready to tell my story, and to speak up on behalf of myself and for the benefit of other women who face violence and abuse in their relationships.” Ventura and Combs were in a romantic relationship between 2007 (when she was 21 years old) and 2018.In the lawsuit, Ventura says that Combs began displaying patterns of control and abuse not long after the pair first met in 2005, when she was 19. Vetura alleges that Combs supplied her with drugs, beat her, and forced her to have sex with male prostitutes as he filmed the encounters.

Giggs and Diddy have announced a “one-night-only” show in London this November.The rappers are set to perform an intimate gig at the O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire in London next Tuesday (November 7).Fans attending will have the opportunity to choose their ticket price from a set range, with all proceeds due to go towards a soon-to-be-announced charity.An O2 priority pre-sale is live now, with general tickets set to go on sale this Wednesday (November 1) at 10am GMT. You can purchase yours here.A post shared by GIGGS (@officialgiggs)This isn’t the first time Giggs has hosted a charity gig.

Tupac “considered” signing to Bad Boy Records before his deal with the infamous Death Row Records.The beef between Tupac and Notorious B.I.G. is one of the most infamous conflicts in rap history. This week, Mopreme revealed that the rivals were nearly labelmates, telling The Art Of Dialogue that, before Tupac signed to Death Row, he was “considering” joining Diddy’s iconic label.He said: “There was a point ‘Pac was considering going to Bad Boy before his relationship with Death Row.

Diddy has reportedly told an officer to “eat a dick” after being pulled over for playing his music too loudly while driving around in a golf cart.The music mogul – real name Sean Combs – was taking a spin through the streets of Miami in his golf cart while on Instagram live when a cop pulled him over. “We getting pulled over by the cops actually right now,” he told the viewers.

Sean "Diddy" Combs has spoken up about his decision to reassign the publishing rights back to artists and writers on Bad Boy Records. In the latest Billboard cover story, the hip-hop mogul explained that he made the decision mid-2021, but it took him the last couple of years to finalize the deal. "I was put in a position where I felt like I had to look in the mirror," he told Billboard.

Diddy was honoured with the Global Icon Award at the 2023 MTV VMAs, which is being held at New Jersey’s Prudential Center tonight (September 12).The rapper and producer was introduced on stage by Mary J. Blige, who paid tribute to the honoree before he delivered a performance of songs from across his career.Among the tracks aired by Diddy were ‘Bad Boy For Life’, ‘Mo Money Mo Problems’, ‘I’ll Be Missing You’, and ‘Last Night’.

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has gone on to represent some of the biggest names in hip-hop, and make the label into one of the most influential of all time.Now, three decades after it first launched, the rapper and music mogul has confirmed that he is returning the music publishing rights back to the artists, rather than selling the catalogue.According to a report by Rolling Stone, the record label has already contacted numerous clients it represents – including Faith Evans, The Lox and The Notorious B.I.G.’s estate – to arrange to return the rights of their respective work, and the process is currently underway.At time of writing the terms of the agreement have not yet been made public, however, the move is an unprecedented one for the music industry, and has the capacity to shift the way that big labels manage the rights to an artist’s music.This comes as the move – which was allegedly first put in place back in 2021 – is a stark contrast to the number of famous musicians selling their catalogue in return for various fortunes in recent years.

Sean “Diddy” Combs is set to receive the Global Icon Award and make his live return at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards.The rapper will receive the prestigious prize at New Jersey’s famed Prudential Center for his “unparalleled career and continued influence that has achieved unrivaled global success in music and beyond” next Tuesday (September 12).He will also perform on the night live for the first time at the VMAs since 2005.In addition to receiving the Global Icon Award, Diddy is also nominated for four other awards this year two of which include Best Collaboration for his work on ‘Creepin’ (Remix) and ‘Gotta Move On’ featuring Bryson Tiller, Ashanti and Yung Miami as well as Best Rap and Best R&B.He made his debut at the event in 1997 performing ‘Mo Money Mo Problems’ live and he went on to host the VMAs in 2005.Last year, the Global Icon Award went to Red Hot Chili Peppers who dedicated their prize to late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins.Meanwhile, Shakira will also be presented with the Video Vanguard Award at the VMAs, which was previously won in 2022 by Nicki Minaj, while other past winners include Madonna, Janet Jackson, LL Cool J, Jennifer Lopez and Missy Elliott.Taylor Swift, Doja Cat and SZA lead this year’s nominations with Swift getting eight nods, and the latter receiving six. Kim Petras, Miley Cyrus, Nicki Minaj, Olivia Rodrigo, and Sam Smith are all up for five each.

Sean Combs, a.k.a. Diddy, has reassigned all the publishing rights to Bad Boy Records back catalog to the artists and writers, Variety and Rolling Stone reports.

Sean “Diddy” Combs has announced ‘The Love Album: Off The Grid’, his first album in 17 years.The rapper, singer, producer and actor announced ‘The Love Album: Off The Grid’ yesterday (August 22), confirming that it has been scheduled for release on September 15.“September 15, 2023 R&B is alive!,” Diddy wrote on Instagram while sharing a nearly three-minute trailer for the upcoming record.In the trailer below, Diddy speaks of heartbreak, saying: “My heart has been broken I still got that question of like, ‘Am I gonna love again? We in the love ear. That’s the frequency that I’m asking you to be a part of.”Watch the trailer for Diddy’s ‘The Love Album: Off The Grid’ below.Besides being Diddy’s first album since 2006’s ‘Press Play’, ‘The Love Album: Off The Grid’ will also be star-studded affair, with the trailer revealing multiple collaborations with the likes of The Weeknd, Justin Bieber, Mary J.

Giggs has released his first single of the year ‘Mandem’ from his upcoming sixth album ‘Zero Tolerance’, featuring Diddy. Check out the video below.The ‘Peckham Landlord’ hasn’t put out much solo music since his 2020 second mixtape ‘Now Or Never’, which featured Meek Mill, Ray BLK and Ghetts, but last year hopped on Aitch’s ‘Just Coz’ and Tion Wayne’s ‘Suffer’.Today (August 4), Giggs dropped ‘Mandem’ and its accompanying music video.

Multinational alcoholic beverage company Diageo has announced today that they'll be ending their relationship with Diddy, Bloomberg reports. The two were partnered on the Combs Wines and Spirits businesses Ciroc and DeLeon tequila, and last month, Diddy sued Diageo for being "unwilling to treat its Black partners equally" and for sidelining "Black brands," despite claiming to be leaders in diversity and inclusion.

2023 BET Awards at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday, and he spoke with ET's Kevin Frazier about the forthcoming reality series.«Yeah, everyone's gonna be in it, the whole family,» King shared. «We got a TV show coming soon on Hulu and, yeah, it's gonna be crazy.»«You get to really see us as a family, not just you know the glitz and glamor, like really behind the scenes,» he added.

Sean «Diddy» Combs, was arrested for driving under the influence this weekend.The Los Angeles Police Department confirmed to ET that Justin was arrested after running a red light near Beverly Hills at around 8:00 a.m. Sunday morning.Per the LAPD, an officer initiated the stop where Justin was found to be the driver, and observed a smell of alcohol coming out of the car.«He was put through a sobriety test that he failed,» The LAPD told ET. While it's unclear if Justin had drugs or alcohol in his system, the 29-year-old was subsequently arrested and booked into an L.A.

Diddy's 7-month-old daughter is living her best life, and it's safe to say we're all jelly!The rap mogul on Saturday took to Instagram and posted a video of his baby girl, Love Sean Combs, smiling and looking every bit like a princess in her pink Mambobaby air free baby float. The little princess looked absolutely adorable with a bow on her curly hair, bracelets on each wrist and even an anklet!In the video a woman's hand can be seen navigating the baby float.

Sean Combs, a.k.a. Diddy, has filed a lawsuit against British multinational alcoholic beverage company Diaego, The Guardian reported. The two partner on several of Combs Wines and Spirits businesses, including Ciroc and tequila brand DeLeon.

“If you look good, act bad” might be the platonic ideal of a summer slogan — a simple mantra that can be used to write off bad behavior as the weather gets steamy. With this emphatic statement of intent, Diddy, City Girls, and Fabolous are laying it all on the line in an attempt to do for summer 2023 what Meg, Nicki, and Ty did for summer 2019: provide an unimpeachable summer anthem for rash decisions and guilt-free entanglements.

Diddy and Jermaine Dupri will finally be participating in a Verzuz battle. Last August, the two hip-hop execs agreed to battle it out outside of Verzuz after Timbaland and Swizz Beatz filed a lawsuit against Triller for non-payment.

Diddy and Jermaine Dupri are reportedly set to face off in a VERZUZ battle this year in New York City.VERZUZ is the popular entertainment series that pits producers, songwriters and artists against each other in a rap battle style format. In 2021, the rights for the series were sold to Triller, who livestream the events on their app.Though the date hasn’t been confirmed by VERZUZ, a video circulating on social media appears to show Diddy revealing that he’ll go up against Dupri on September 8 at Madison Square Garden in New York.According to HipHop-N-More, the video was originally posted by Busta Rhymes on Sunday.

Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan has explained why he wants to go by the name “William”, and joked that the decision was partly spurred by Diddy.The singer-songwriter was talking in an interview on The Mistress Carrie Podcast earlier this month when the topic arose, and he explained why he released his 2017 solo record under his given name, William Patrick Corgan.Explaining the choice in wrestling terms — as he is a fan of pro wrestling and the owner of National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) — he said: “The way I see it in my brain is…Billy is like my stage name at this point; it’s how everybody knows me. And for anybody who knows wrestling, we mostly in wrestling call people by their stage names.“Even if I know somebody’s real name, I’ll still call them by their gimmick name.

Diddy and Yung Miami walked the Met Gala red carpet together on Monday amid their split. The duo's appearance at the star-studded New York City event marked their first appearance following their breakup after dating for almost a year.The former couple spoke to on fashion's biggest night to clarify their relationship status after Miami, whose real name is Caresha Brownlee, confirmed their breakup in an interview with in April.«We don't put titles on it,» the 53-year-old rapper told the fashion magazine, with Miami by his side.In Miami's conversation with , the City Girls rapper firmly stated they were no longer together romantically. «We’re still friends! We’re still good friends! But we’re single. That’s not my man,» Miami said.

French Montana has announced a new film called For Khadija, a documentary on his life and a tribute to his eponymous mother, who worked multiple jobs to provide for her sons as a single parent after immigrating to the United States. The doc is directed by Mandon Lovett, executive produced by Drake and Diddy, and scheduled to premiere June 16 at the Tribeca Film Festival.

Diddy" Combs and Notorious B.I.G.'s sons are continuing their legacy. In a conversation with ET's Kevin Frazier, Quincy Brown, Justin Combs, Christian «King» Combs and Christopher «CJ» Wallace look back on their childhood and reflect on the iconic rappers' legacies.The men are all appearing on Paramount+'s , a series that looks back on the most celebrated moments of legendary artists through the eyes of their kids.As Diddy's children -- Quincy, 31, Justin, 29, and King, 25 — think back on their childhood, they appreciate all that they learned from growing up around their dad.«Being able to look back on those things, it feels good to be a part of history, and just be a part of something that was so special,» Justin says.

Sean «Diddy» Combs and Yung Miami.The City Girls rapper confirmed the breakup news in a new interview with . While she firmly stated the pair are no longer together, Miami, whose real name is Caresha Brownlee, said the two remain friends.«We’re still friends! We’re still good friends! But we’re single. That’s not my man,» Miami told the outlet.

Diddy got ready for Coachella the cutest way possible. He and his 6-month-old daughter hit the gym!The rap mogul took to Instagram on Friday and posted a short video of him working the bike.

Metro Boomin was joined by a star-studded support cast at his Coachella set on Friday night (April 14) – watch him perform with The Weeknd, Diddy, Future, John Legend and more below.During the set, the producer and rapper also welcomed the likes of 21 Savage, Mike Dean and Don Toliver to the stage.Opening with ‘On Time’ (featuring John Legend), he then went straight into introducing ‘Future’ for ‘Superhero (Heroes & Villains)‘ and three Future covers with the rapper.Elsewhere in the 23-song set, he covered three Weeknd songs alongside Abel Tesfaye, closing with an all-star performance of ‘Creepin’‘ featuring The Weeknd, 21 Savage and Diddy.See footage from the performance, which also featured a preview of a new track from The Weeknd, below.XOCHELLA

Diddy had everyone running to their calculators for no reason, it turns out, after the rap mogul revealed there's no truth behind him dishing $5,000 per day for sampling one of Sting's songs without his permission. Diddy on Friday took to social media and let it be known that he was only being «facetious» when chimed in after Sting, in a newly resurfaced 2018 interview with, said rumors that Diddy was paying him $2,000 per day «for the rest of his life» for sampling his song without his permission were true.Diddy now says, not so much.«I want y’all to understand I was joking! It’s called being Facetious! Me and @OfficialSting have been friends for a long time! He never charged me $3K or $5K a day for Missing You. He probably makes more than $5K a day from one of the biggest songs in history.

Diddy has backtracked over comments he made in which he said he was forced to pay Sting £4,020 ($5,000) each day for the rest of his life.Earlier this week, the rapper responded to a re-surfaced interview with the musician in which The Police frontman said he received royalties for their hit 1983 single, ‘Every Breath You Take’, which Diddy sampled in one of his most famous tracks, ‘I’ll Be Missing You’.The hip-hop icon was said to have been forced to pay the ongoing fee after sampling the track without permission in 1997.Diddy then tweeted to confirm that he pays Sting “5k a day.”But today (April 7) the rapper took to Twitter to set the record straight and said his previous tweet was a joke.He wrote: “I want y’all to understand I was joking! It’s called being facetious! Me and @OfficialSting have been friends for a long time! He never charged me $3K or $5K a day for ‘Missing You.’ He probably makes more than $5K a day from one of the biggest songs in history.”I want y’all to understand I was joking! It’s called being Facetious! Me and @OfficialSting have been friends for a long time! He never charged me $3K or $5K a day for Missing You.